The Archaeology of Ancient Israel and Judah: Interview with Professor Avraham Faust
What was life like in the ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah? Few people are better qualified to answer that question than Professor Avraham Faust, who has excavated and written extensively about th...
7 Sep 202346min
Patrick is Hosting a New Show! Check out the "Pursuit of Dadliness" Now!
Welcome to "The Pursuit of Dadliness." This is a podcast for folks who want to enjoy their passions and their hobbies, whatever those might be, and genuinely strive to get better at doing stuff and mo...
5 Sep 20233min
Cyrus the Great and the Rise of the Persian Empire
The Persians were unlikely successors to the Assyrians and Babylonians, a fringe people of no particular importance, until Cyrus the Great became the most successful conqueror the world had ever seen....
31 Aug 202339min
Theocracy, Fragmentation, and the Kushite Kings: Egypt after the New Kingdom
Egypt's New Kingdom, the peak of its monumental building and international power, ended in the aftermath of the Bronze Age Collapse. Once again, Egypt fragmented into multiple smaller states. Yet mill...
24 Aug 202339min
The Neo-Babylonian Empire and the Destruction of Jerusalem
Despite controlling a huge swathe of the Near East for the better part of a century, the Neo-Babylonian Empire is nearly forgotten today, aside from one key act: the destruction of Jerusalem and the e...
17 Aug 202340min
The Rise of the Persian Empire: Professor Matt Waters on Ancient Empires and Cyrus the Great
The Persian Empire followed in the footsteps of the Assyrians and Babylonians, but it was a much different entity than its predecessors, and its founder - Cyrus the Great - deserves to be mentioned am...
10 Aug 202352min
Summer Book Club: Dr. Keith Pluymers on Indigenous America
It's summertime, and I hope you're reading some great books. Dr. Keith Pluymers joins me once again to talk about one that you all might enjoy, by the historian Pekka Hamalainen - Indigenous Continent...
3 Aug 202349min
The Iron Fist of Empire and the Destruction of Israel and Judah
Israel and Judah flourished for centuries as kingdoms on the margins of the Near East's great empires, but when the Assyrians turned their attention toward their smaller neighbors, disaster and destru...
27 Jul 202341min
